Children's Week 2013 Guide (April 29 - May 6)

Children's Week is a week in which we brave a challenge greater than any undead monstrosity and a task more daunting than saving the world. We must become parents for all those orphans throughout Azeroth and make sure they are happy. We can't tank a child's fears, we can't heal its memories of pain, nor can we DPS the sorrow out of them. So equip your toys, make a mage conjure a candy table, fill your quiver with joy, load your gun with something colorful, and venture into the World of Parenting!

Children's Week begins on April 29th at 11:00 AM and ends on May 6th at 11:00 AM (PDT).

Due to the advent of Cataclysm, Children's Week was changed in 2011 to have two new pets and redone locations for the initial tier of quests. There's nothing new in 2013, but since all vanity pets are now battle pets, you might be more interested in collecting pets this year! Since battle pets are also account-wide, you can collect different sets of pets on your alts to round out your collection faster.

If you already have all the pets, be sure to pick up Magical Pet Biscuit--you get 25 for repeating the holiday, even if you can't get any pets!

Companion Pets

The quest chains listed in this guide reward the following companion pets. You can get one pet from each chain per year. If you already have all the pets, you can get Magical Pet Biscuit from completing the quests.

Horde Quests

There are two orphans that Horde players can adopt during Children's Week, each with different quests. You can adopt both orphans (at the same time, even) and complete both quest chains and obtain two cute pets per year!

Once you have completed this quest, three new quests become available from your orphan:

Ridin' the RocketwayFor this quest, bring your orphan to the Secret Lab in Azshara. He wants to ride an experimental rocket that's found at the Southern end of the Rocketway and blast off!

The Banshee QueenFor this quest, bring your orphan to the Royal Quarter of Undercity to meet Lady Sylvanas. He's always dreamed of meeting such an influential Horde figure.

The Fallen ChieftainFor this quest, bring your orphan to Red Rocks in Northeastern mountain range of Mulgore. He wants to pay tribute to the now deceased Cairne Bloodhoof by visiting his funeral pyre.

Upon completion of all three of these quests, two new quests will become available:

You Scream, I Scream...For this quest, your orphan wants to try a new type of ice cream! All you have to do is head to the Drag in Orgrimmar where you'll find a crazy goblin mage has set up a shop called Cone of Cold that sells Cone of Cold. Buy the frosty treat and share it with your orphan to receive credit.

Or, if you hate pets, you can opt to select the Curmudgeon's Payoff, which contains a measly . You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets! You can also get 25 Magical Pet Biscuit which is a bit nicer!

Time to Visit the CavernsFor this quest, take your orphan out to the Caverns of Time and bring her up to the platform where Zaladormu lies. On your way out, purchase a Toy Dragon from Alurmi, the Keepers of Time Quartermaster, to complete this quest.

Finally, you will be given a quest to return the orphan whistle to the Matron:

You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets! You can also pick up 25 Magical Pet Biscuit as a reward.

Alliance Quests

There are two orphans that Alliance players can adopt during Children's Week, each with different quests. You can adopt both orphans (at the same time, even) and complete both quest chains and obtain two cute pets per year!

The Biggest Diamond Ever!For this quest, bring your orphan to Hall of Thanes in Ironforge. This is the newly opened gate to Old Ironforge and your orphan would like to explore it to pay tribute to the deceased King Magni Bronzebeard.

Upon completion of all three of these quests, two new quests will become available:

You Scream, I Scream...For this quest, your orphan wants to try a new type of ice cream! All you have to do is head to the Blue Recluse in the Mage Quarter of Stormwind City where you'll find a mage has set up a shop called Cone of Cold that sells Cone of Cold. Buy the frosty treat and share it with your orphan to receive credit.

Or, if you hate pets, you can opt to select the Curmudgeon's Payoff, which contains a measly . You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets! You can also pick up 25 Magical Pet Biscuit as a reward.

Time to Visit the CavernsFor this quest, take your orphan out to the Caverns of Time and bring her up to the platform where Zaladormu lies. On your way out, purchase a Toy Dragon from Alurmi, the Keepers of Time Quartermaster, to complete this quest.

Finally, you will be given a quest to return the orphan whistle to the Matron:

You will have the option to complete this quest again next year, so you can eventually collect all of the pets! You can also pick up 25 Magical Pet Biscuit as a reward.

Neutral Quests

If this is your first year doing the Northrend Children's Week quests, you can choose to sponsor either of these two unfortunate orphans by talking to Orphan Matron Aria in Dalaran. You can only pick one or the other orphan to adopt, so choose wisely as you will have to wait until next year to obtain the other pet!

Aw, Isn't It Cute?For this achievement, simply complete one of the Orphan quest chains (as detailed above) and obtain a cute pet! Any pet will count towards this achievement, and you may already have it if you've completed Children's Week quest chain in the past.

Bad ExampleFor this achievement, you must eat each of the delicious (and unhealthy) foods listed while your orphan is out:

Daily ChoresFor this achievement, simply complete any five daily quests while your orphan is out. You do not have to have an Orphan while actually doing the quests; you can instead opt to simply summon your ward before turning a quest in.

Veteran NannyFor this achievement, you must obtain all three of the Shattrath City non-combat pets on one character. This achievement is not required for the meta achievement For the Children, thankfully, as it takes three years of Children's Week questing to complete.